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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera de Chile S.A. ADR (NYSE: SQM) closed the day trading at $42.71 down -1.02% from the previous closing price of $43.15. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.02 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.04 million shares were traded. SQM stock price reached its highest trading level at $43.51 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $42.22.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of SQM, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.48 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 20.14. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.75 and its Current Ratio is at 2.51. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.94 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.71.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, JP Morgan on October 11, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $44 from $55 previously.
On July 31, 2024, Berenberg started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $35.Berenberg initiated its Hold rating on July 31, 2024, with a $35 target price.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SQM now has a Market Capitalization of 12046782464 and an Enterprise Value of 14645587968. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.35 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.18. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.234 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.496.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SQM is 1.01, which has changed by -0.11919981 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10063088 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SQM has reached a high of $51.90, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $32.24. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.92%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 8.36%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, SQM traded about 1.13M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, SQM traded about 1316320 shares per day. A total of 142.82M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 141.91M. Insiders hold about 0.64% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 24.90% stake in the company. Shares short for SQM as of 1740700800 were 7803644 with a Short Ratio of 6.91, compared to 1738281600 on 7324706.
Dividends & Splits
SQM’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.22, up from 0.0 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.49. The current Payout Ratio is 19.37% for SQM, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-05-09 with an ex-dividend date of 1715212800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2016-04-27 when the company split stock in a 1027:1000 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The dynamic stock of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera de Chile S.A. ADR (SQM) is currently attracting attention from 3.0 analysts actively involved in rating its market status.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.75, with high estimates of $0.77 and low estimates of $0.72.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.43 and $2.18 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.87. EPS for the following year is $3.87, with 11.0 analysts recommending between $6.95 and $2.83.
Revenue Estimates
3 analysts predict $1.04B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $1.08B to a low estimate of $1.01B. As of the current estimate, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera de Chile S.A. ADR’s year-ago sales were $1.08BFor the next quarter, 3 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.19B. There is a high estimate of $1.24B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.14B.
A total of 12 analysts have provided revenue estimates for SQM’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $4.97B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $4.42B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $4.65B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $4.53BBased on 14 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $5.5B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $6.45B and the low estimate is $5.04B.
